Carlton Joyner named new warden at Central Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A former correctional officer at Central Prison has been named warden of the facility.
The Department of Public Safety announced Joyner’s appointment on Thursday.
Joyner was most recently administrator at Harnett Correctional Institution in Lillington. He began his career at Central Prison in 1984 as a correctional officer, and worked at prisons in Durham, Orange and Wake counties.
In 2004, he was promoted to programs director for the state prison system, where he served until his promotion to administrator at the LilIington facility.
Joyner replaces former warden Kenneth Lassiter, who was promoted to central region director in May. Lassiter’s promotion followed reports about a lawsuit alleging he failed to stop systematic beatings of handcuffed and shackled inmates held in solitary confinement at the Raleigh prison.
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